ABOUT BOOK: Subduing the barbaric hordes came easyuntil he married one of them.

Everyone in the Celtic Catuvellauni village assumed Ness would marry the man she had loved since age fifteen. Their eventual matrimony seemed preordained. His inscrutable rejection of Ness sends a shock through the entire community. Heartbroken but resilient, Ness accepts a marriage proposal from a most unlikely eligible bachelor.

Battle scarred and weary of solitude, Roman Tribune Aquilus trained to do just one thing all his life—stoically serve the empire. The beautiful tribeswoman perfectly answers a long-ignored call from deep within his soul. Though he adores his new bride, when Ness harms a political connection, Aquilus lays down the law.

But Celtic women aren't inclined to submit to inconvenient rules, and the only obstacle standing between Ness and a Celtic divorce is Aquilus's Garrison of legionaries.

ABOUT AUTHOR: AnneGarboczi Evans is a mental health counselor, military spouse, and mama to an opinionated preschooler named "Joe-Joe" and a very dramatic baby named "Chip." Reading Rosemary Sutcliff as a middle school student and taking Latin in college instilled in her a love of the Roman Empire, leading to her Love & Warfare series. Moving to the CO Rockies inspired her to write the Lawmen & Suffragette series, romantic comedies set in the Old West. Working in mental health got her interested in writing women's fiction.

When not writing or reading, you can find Anne introducing her boys to the outdoor wonders of colorful Colorado.

MUST ANSWER ONE QUESTION TO ENTER DRAWING

1. What does your dream home look like? Have to have?

2. What do you think it would be like to live in a castle?

3. Would you want to live in a Castle? Why? Why not?

4. What would you love about living in the time period of castles? What would you hate?

TheAUTHOR WILL PICK a name AUGUST 31st.The Name will be Posted here and announced to the group soon after.

I would love to live in a castle because of the grandeur. It would have to have a winding staircase, of course. I also love the idea of having a music room, a ballroom, formal dining room, rooms for family and friends to spend fortnights at a time, and a homeschool room. Well, the last kind of sounds out of character, but hey, it's my castle. :)

EB, please.
I would love to live in a castle. I love the various castle styles.
I would love to have a courtyard with vendors selling various products.
I want a draw bridge to cross the moat. I would ❤️ riding in the countryside.

3. I would NOT want to live in a castle. I would not want to have to pay to heat something that large. I would not be able to keep it clean and I do not have the resources to hire someone. :) Please add my name to the drawing. 6 weeks.